Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling
Programs - Master of Science in Counseling
Option in Student Development in Higher Education (SDHE) (code ED_PMS03)
Students completing this option are employed in residence halls, financial aid, student activities, adult re-entry, admissions, career centers, academic advising, disabled student services, counseling centers, orientation, TRIO and Educational Opportunity Programs, multicultural affairs, and community outreach in two- and four-year institutions.
Advancement to Candidacy - Clear Admission
Students should advance to candidacy as early as possible. For advancement to candidacy (Clear Admission status), students must:
- 1. Fulfill the campus Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR).
- 2. Complete COUN 510, 513, 538, 593; EDP 400.
- 3. Maintain a 3.0 grade point average in all course work.
- 4. Resolve all incomplete grades.
- 5. Submit to the Graduate Studies Office an Advancement to Candidacy form signed by the program advisor.
Requirements
- Take all of the following (51 – 57 units):
- COUN 510 Law and Ethics for Counselors (3)
- COUN 513 Introduction to Clinical Interviewing (3)
- COUN 515 Counseling Theories (3)
- COUN 516 Counseling the Adult (3)
- COUN 538 Student Development in Higher Education (3)
- COUN 547 Student Development Theory in Higher Education: Theory to Practice (3)
- COUN 548 Students in U. S. Higher Education (3)
- COUN 549 Management of Student Development in Higher Education (3)
- COUN 555 Cross-Cultural Counseling (3)
- COUN 593 Seminar in Professional Development in Counseling and Human Services (1)
- COUN 638 Group Counseling (3)
- COUN 643B Counseling Field Work: Student Development in Higher Education (3)
- COUN 644B Advanced Counseling Field Work: Student Development in Higher Education (3)
- COUN 693A Intermediate Seminar in Professional Development in Student Development in Higher Education (1)
- COUN 693B Advanced Professional Development Sem. in Student Development in Higher Education (1)
- EDP 400 Introduction to Educational Research (3)
- EDP 520 Quantitative Research Methods in Education (3)
- EDP 596 Program Evaluation in Education (3)
- Take one course from the following:
- SCAE 560 History of Social & Educational (In)equality (3)
- SCAE 561 Urban Educational Policy (3)
- SCAE 562 Agency, Resistance & Identity in Education (3)
- Take one of the following:
- EDP 698 Thesis (must take 6 units)
- Comprehensive examination
